Sleeve-protector.



G. F. HOGAN.

SLEEVE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION nuzn AUGJI, 1916 1,266,266., Patented May 14, 1918.

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GEORGE FRANCIS HOGAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SLEEVE-PROTECTOR.

Application filed August 17, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon FRANCIS I E[o GAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeve-Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the 1nvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a sleeve protector of low cost and adapted for use as an advertising dev ce, and particularly to provide a protector wh ch can be made from tough paper stock, WlllCll of strong construction, which can be folded into small compass, which can be easily adjusted on the arm of the wearer, and which shall offer adequate covering for the sleeves to be protected while conspicuously displaying advertising matter borne by the protector.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure l is a side elevation of the protector in the form which it assumes on the arm of the wearer;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through one of the fastening rivets, showing the reinforcing flat folded back at the front edge of the sheet;

Fig. 3 shows the flat sheet from which the protector is rolled up; and

Fig. a shows this sheet folded up as for storage or shipment.

In the preferred embodiment illustrated by the drawing, the protector is made from a sheet of heavy paper stock, such as is used for the production of heavy manila envelops. The sheet is cut to the shape illustrated in Fig. 3 and comprises a flaring body port on 1, and integral therewith two flar ng side portions 2 and 3 and a flap at. This flap 4 extends across the front edge of body portion 1 and may extend part way across the front edge of each side portion, as shown, and preferably is separated from said body and side portions by a scoring 5. This flap is adapted to fold down against the front face of the body and side portions, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, to reinforce the front edges thereof around the wrist of the wearer. The rear edges of the side and body portions converge to form a pointed tail 6 for the protector, and this tail, when the protector Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1918.

Serial No. 115,406.

is in use, overlies the outer side of the arm of the wearer, where protection is most needed.

Advertising matter may be printed on the sheet, as at the place marked X (Fig. 3), and when so positioned will be conspicuously displayed by the protector when in position on the arm of the wearer.

With the flap 4: folded down against the front face of the sheet, the side portions 2 and 3 can be folded over flat against the front face of the body portion, thereby substantially covering the advertisement on that portion and protecting the entire front face from soiling during transportation and shipment. This folded condition is illustrated in Fig. at, and is particularly advantageous when the protectors are to be distributed as inolosures in mailing envelops.

As a means for adjustably and detachably securing the sheet about the arm of the wearer, there is attached to each side p0r tion, by means of a hollow rivet 7, a pair of paper washers 8 and 9 (Fig. 2), and to one of these rivets is secured a string 10, or equivalent flexible fastening device, adapted to pass around the other rivet when the protector has been shaped into the form of a flaring tube, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

To change the protector from the folded form shown in Fig. 4: to the tubular form shown in Fig. 1, it is only necessary to unfold flaps 2 and 3 and bend them around in the opposite direction, for by so doing, the flap 4 will be drawn taut against the body portion, and because of the stretching pull thereon will serve to straighten out the creases between the side portions and the body portion, and will cause the sheet to assume the desired tubular form and protect it from collapsing into a flattened shape. Thereafter the tightly stretched flap serves the additional function of protecting the front edge of the sheet from ury.

When made from heavy paper stock as above described, the sleeve protectors are not only of low cost but they are tough and durable and can be conveniently transported. hen in use they are easily adjustable to wrists of different sizes and can be quickly attached and detached by fastening means positioned on the inside of the forearm where it is out of the way, leaving the opposite or exposed side of the protector free to carry advertising matter which is promiiently displayed while the protector is being Worn.

IL sleeve protector including a body portion, side portions, and flap on the body portion defined by a" folding line, the side portions and lap having edges inclined with respect to tliesfolding line, and the flap terminating short of the side edges of the side portions whereby when the protector is rolled ,into tubular form and the flap is bent back on the body portion, the side portions Will overlap throughout the entire length of the protector and the ends 01" the flap Will be spaced apart and the flap Will lie snugly against the body portion, and a single fastening device located a substantial distance shore the lower end of the protector.

In testimony whereof I siiiX my signature.

GEORGE FRANCIS HOGAN.

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